Into the Land of Egypt. By Train to Cairo
As the train sped on the three hour tourney from Alexandra to Calro, I eat at the window of a white Pullman car (made in Birmingham) and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
1,935 stories in Murray's papers · page 53 of 97
Accident at Coolamon. Farm Hand Slips When Leaving Train. COOLAMON
Donald Harvey (66), a farm hand, who was a passenger from Barrigan. was preparing to alight as the South-west mail was drawing into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Culcairn Shire Councillors Met on Monday Roads Of Access Programme Grant of £3500 APPROVED
At the monthly meeting of Culcairn Shire Council on Monday those present were:—Crs. J. H. Bulfour (president), C.A. Lee, L. C. Lindner, T. King, W…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Hangman Near Death Found Starving on Road Presided at Over 500 Executions MONTREAL, July 20
Penniless and alone, after months of vain searching for work. Arthur [?] whose oval name is Arthur Alexander…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Little Audrey Laughed at Tauber and Not at Albury His Ill-Conceived Criticism “Slept Soundly on Train,” Despite His Condemnation
“Little Audrey laughed and laughed and laughed.” but it is the opinion of many Albury citizens that she laughed at Richard Tauber when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industry to Aid Defence in Event of War Plan for Manufacture of Armaments State Railways Workshops
Armament annexes for the supply of ammunition in time of emergency will be established immediately by the Commonwealth Government. These adjuncts to the Defence munition factories will be organised at State railway workshops, and as additions to the industrial and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Rates in Austria
Railway tariffs un Austria have now been adjusted to corresponds with those of the rest of the rest of the German Reich. This means a considerable reduction in…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Trams in Collision Sydney
The second tram collision at North Shore in less than a week occurred at Milson’s Point station to-night. William Gilholm 44. Willoughby. tram…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Traders Meet at Wang
The half-yearly meeting of the Motor Traders’ Association of N.S.W. was opened at Wagga yesterday, and will be continued to-day. Delegates…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Pleasures of Motoring
The Road Safety Council of New South Wales makes an earnest plea for active co-operation by all road users in the task of accident…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Bruxner Defends His Speed Limits “A Lot of Misunderstanding” Why They Were Imposed Border Transport; Third Party Insurance; Overloading and Inspector of Motor Vehicles Discussed WAGGA
A strong defence of speed limits was made by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) when he was addressing a large crowd at the half-yearly conference of the Motor Traders’ Association at Wagga to-day. For six months, he said, the Act providing for a speed limit of 30…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Vehicle Records Victorian Figures Rising Melbourne
Compared with the first six months of last year, the January-June period of this year has seen an increase in the number of motor drivers of 12,137,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Driver Killed Head-on Into Tram Melbourne
When his car collided head-on with tram at the corner of Victoria and Church streets, Richmond, at 6.45 a.m. to-day, Robert Farrell, aged 35,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Children Meet Royalty Girl Guides Train
Top: A pretty curtsey for the Duchess of Gloucester when she received purses at a garden party at St, James’ Palace in aid of the National Council for Maternity and Child Welfare. Bottom: Girl Guides on the boom of the training ship. Implacable, as they learn to be Sea Rangers at Portsmouth. The Implacable, on which the girls do the full activities of a sailor at sea, is the only ship afloat to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed When Train Hits Lorry Sydney
V[?]or Sullivan, 30, of Woollahra, was killed when a train struck a [?] lorry In which he was a passenger at a level crossing at North Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Caulfield Jumping Double Pooley Bridge Firm Favorite Melbourne
Pooley Bridge dominates the market in both the Australian Hurdle race and Australian Steeplechase, to be run at Caulfield early next month. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Accident Leads to Romance Film Commentator Tells His Own Story “The Moon Cot Us in Honolulu” LONDON
James A Fitzpatrick, a [?] year Old Irishman both in New York whose value you almost certainly have heard in a colored travel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cyclist Killed Sydney
When his motor cycle collided with a motor lorry at Ryde this morning. George Vincent 6, of West Ryde, was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Under Influence Charge Motorist Fined £10 MELBOURNE
On a charge of having driven a motor car while under the influence of liquor on July 22, Stanley Clyde Radley, [?] of Waterloo road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lavington Road Worker Dies Suddenly
Charles Edward Augustus Cunningham. aged 47. of Lavington, who had been employed on road construction between Woomargama and Dora Dora,…
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